Sentences with phrase «yet small churches»

Yet small churches are not dinosaurs destined to lose the struggle for survival.

Yet the small church remains, and as long as it does, it is our psychological link with the past, showing us Sunday by Sunday that we are not adrift.

Not exact matches

I share my talents generously to my church, and have never requested any payment for them, I pledge as much as my limited finances will allow, and spend much time at my church, instituting new worship programs (as my priest requested), and yet I am constantly criticized for the smallest «infraction» by this same person.

In his book Small Faith — Great God, N. T. Wright wrote «The world has yet to see what God will do through a worldwide church whose members love one another.»

As a small contribution to this discussion: One implication of the Calvinistic doctrine of predestination, if it really is what the Bible teaches, is that someone may spend his or her life passionately serving in a full - time church capacity and yet not be one of the elect (and therefore «saved»).

«8 Yet an increasing, albeit small, number of evangelicals are suggesting that the church's theological position regarding homosexuality must be rethought.

It is possible that we are on the verge of a new era in the history of the Church, under circumstances very different from those we have faced in the past, when Christianity will resemble the mustard seed [Matthew 13:31 - 32], that is, will continue only in the form of small and seemingly insignificant groups, which yet will oppose evil with all their strength and bring Good into this world.

Yet there is no denying that many small churches struggle.

Yet authors Martin Robinson and Dan Yarnell write in Celebrating the Small Church: «It is unlikely the activity of a few larger churches, no matter how creative they might be, will be enough to meet the missionary challenge of our age.

In a plant like ours, we are small and simply don't have enough mass yet to do very many things, and so I have been doing some teaching on the universal body of believers, which is call «Big C Church,» and how we can be involved in other churches in town to get what we ourselves can not offer.

In the first place, the Church to which I belong shall receive the fruit of this labor, so that it may hereafter continue longer, for even if only a brief portion of time remains to me from the duties of my office, yet that, however small it may be, I have determined to devote to this kind of writing.»

Yet his world is so stereotyped that we could choose one from an urban, suburban, small town, or rural church, anywhere from Maine to California and from college age to retirement, and find great similarities.

Yet these churches, many small, non-denominational, mission - minded storefront places, were mostly unaware of each other's progress.

heh my pastor doesn't need a microphone yet, our church is so small.

Yet the irony of the criticism is that I write not simply as an academic but also as the pastor of a church of ca. 160 people in a small town outside Philadelphia.

And with the high pastoral turnaround that's typical in smaller churches, it can be de-stabilizing when every new pastor arrives with yet another new mission.

As yet it was limited to small groups, some of whom broke with the established Church of Scotland.

Our church is YET AGAIN for the umpteenth time holding «small group gatherings» to YET AGAIN define «our vision».

It's a gloriously written film, with jokes that are crafted rather than excavated from reams of on - set improvisation1; the success of the punchlines is scattershot and up for debate (connoisseurs of the Borscht belt should find much to admire, but a rehash of Lloyd's lovesick daydream flatlines, due in no small part to an overestimation of the comic chops and kitsch appeal of Honey Boo - Boo's mom), yet there is something bracing about its structural classicism after the last few years of watching the Church of Apatow whack off.

Yet, a peak down one of the palm tree lined alleys off of Largo do Senado will reveal a number of well - hidden Portuguese style restaurants, churches, and a even a small fountain depicting the Virgin Mary.

At an Imago International Conference in 2013 we all were given information many counselors have known for years that sadly only a small percentage of those who actually need help ever make it to a therapist's office, yet it inspired Sandy afresh to reach out in new ways to churches, and other organizations who are supportive of humanity's deep needs for relationship and integrated health.